iCloud

iCloud is Apple’s online service designed to make managing your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and iTunes content more easily and more automatically than ever.

PC-free

iCloud was designed so that you know longer need a Mac or Windows PC to activate or setup your iPhone or iPad. Simply turn it on, log in with your Apple ID, and then setup you phone or tablet as a new device or restore it from a previous iCloud backup.

iCloud backup and restore

iCloud saves all your data to Apple's servers so if you ever upgrade or simply need to re-install or replace a device you can restore all your settings and content. Apps and iTunes music, TV shows, and movies aren't backed up because you can re-download those at any time, but any data specific to any apps is backed up so that once the apps are downloaded again they're right back the way you left them.

iTunes and App Store re-downloads

Thanks to iCloud you can re-download anything you've previously purchased on the iOS or Mac App Store, as well as the iTunes Store for music, movie, and TV shows, and the iBooks Store.

Documents in the Cloud

If you create a document in any iCloud enabled app, like Apple's own iWork suite, iCloud will store it on the server and push it down to any and all other devices on your account. So, you can start a spreadsheet or presentation or simply text file on your Mac, edit it in a cab on your iPhone, and then show it off on your iPad at the office.

All iCloud

Are you happy with iCloud?Market Research
After what seems like a years of speculation and months of rumors, Apple has finally shown us iCloud and... what do you think? Is it the perfect solution you've been waiting for, or did Apple once again prove they don't get the 'net?
How does it...

Apple has announced the iCloud app Photo Stream - it brings the cloud to photos. When a photo is taken with one of your devices, it will be sent to the cloud and then to all other devices, including the Apple TV - automatically.
Photo Stream may be an individual iCloud app, but it is tied into...

If you're tired of consistently having to sync your device to iTunes in order to back it up (I know I am), get ready for a big change. iOS 5 is bringing automatic OTA backups! The backups will be available over Wifi and will back up each day.
Backups will include -
Your purchased music (what...

Steve Jobs put sneaker to WWDC stage again today to introduce iCloud, their new cloud services offering that aims to replace a lot of the local, cabled computing of our past with new, wireless computing for the future.
And best of all, it's going to be FREE. Everyone gets 5GB, and books,...

It looks as though Apple has decided to take all future software updates wireless and Apple will now stream all iOS updates over the air (OTA). This could be a great thing for folks who don't want to depend on a computer to have to update their devices and even better if iCloud ends up bringing...

Could iCloud be much more than a streaming music service and data store? John Gruber of Daring Fireball seems to think so. He has put together a post on what he expects at today’s WWDC Apple keynote and reveals a snippet of fourth hand information that is quite interesting.
Don’t think of iCloud...

WWDC 2011
Apple's WWDC 2011 Keynote is here, and it's bringing iOS 5, (iCloud)(http://www.imore.com/tag/icloud), and Mac OS X Lion loaded for bear. We'll kick things off about 12:45pm, so sit back, grab a beverage, and watch along with us for all the coverage, color, and commentary you've come to...

Cult of Mac's source claims to have the inside info on just how Apple's new iCloud service will work, and they're saying Apple's Time Capsule (Airport Extreme + hard drive combo) will serve as its local hub.
Files saved on your computer are backed up instantly to Time Capsule, which makes...

With WWDC 2011 only days away, the leaks coming faster and more furiously, and one of the big ones might just be shown in that image up top -- purportedly the [iCloud](http://www.imore.com/tag/icloud/] login screen, by way of chpwn on Twitter.
Question is, will it replace MobileMe as Apple new...

When Apple finally announced the iOS 5 preview for next Monday's WWDC 2011 keynote, they didn't include Apple TV in the list of iOS devices. Now Apple has never really talked about Apple TV's OS, not back when it was still OS X Tiger, not now that it's iOS. They might just think, like iPhone and...

CNET reports that Universal Music Group has finalized a deal for Apple to offer streaming music through their new iCloud service. Apple will announce iCloud at WWDC next week, which will reportedly cost just $25 per year after an initial free trial period.
the service initially will be...

Look through the glass and what do we see, the iCloud logo on a banner at WWDC! Yes, it does seem like someone traced the MobileMe icon to make the iCloud icon but that's also a nice little bit of continuity.
We still don't know what exactly it will be -- online music almost certainly, maybe...

9to5Mac is hearing that new Time Capsules -- the Airport Extreme and hard drive in one -- are on the way that might just be smart enough to download and cache iOS (and Mac) software updates for you, so they're waiting when you're ready.
What we do know is that Apple has been internally...

Apple has applied to the European Trademark Office for the term iCloud and also now taken official ownership of the domain iCloud.com.
Apple has filed their trademark under 12 distinct International Classes covering such matters as delivering digital music by telecommunications, electronic...

Apple’s new data center can now be seen on Google Earth and Maps, where until yesterday it only showed woods and farmland with a driveway that ended in the middle of a field. Now you can see the data center in all its glory.
It seems to be quite a coincidence that the data center has now...

I'll be in San Francisco next week to catch up with iOS developers and fellow bloggers at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC 2011). I'll be there from Sunday night, June 5, through Wednesday midday, June 8.
If you're going to be there and want to chat, do an interview, and possible...

According to an article by Buinessweek, Apple is set to unveil its music streaming service at WWDC. The service which has been dubbed iCloud will mirror your existing iTunes music library; also, if needed, it will increase the quality of your content.
Armed with licenses from the music labels...

More rumors have come to light about Apple and the iCloud brand, including DigitalDaily's sources confirming the name acquisition and AppleInsider hearing that it's already being used internally for iOS 5 (and Mac OS X Lion).
According to people familiar with the matter, Apple is prepping...

According to a report by GigaOM, Apple could be shelling out around $4.5 million to buy the domain name iCloud.com, potentially for the long rumored music locker/streaming service. The icloud domain was recently owned by another company that used the name for an online storage service. It has...